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The Arms of Krupp

1587–1968

by William Manchester ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

48 hours 15 min

In this narrative of extraordinary richness, depth, and authority, America’s preeminent biographer/historian explored the German national character as no other writer has done.The Arms of Krupp brings to life Europe’s wealthiest, most powerful family, a four-hundred-year German dynasty that developed the world’s most technologically advanced weapons, from cannons to submarines to anti-aircraft ... Read more

$29.99 USD

In this narrative of extraordinary richness, depth, and authority, America’s preeminent biographer/historian explored the German national character as no other writer has done.The Arms of Krupp brings to life Europe’s wealthiest, most powerful family, a four-hundred-year German dynasty that developed the world’s most technologically advanced weapons, from cannons to submarines to anti-aircraft
... Read more
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Warrior of Mercia

The action-packed historical thriller from MJ Porter

by MJ Porter ...

Narrated by Sean Barrett ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles
Unabridged

8 hours 45 min

The next epic, thrilling instalment in MJ Porter's The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles seriesIcel is a lone wolf no more...Tamworth, AD830Oath sworn to Wiglaf, King of Mercia and acknowledged as a member of Ealdorman Ælfstan’s warrior band, Icel continues to forge his own destiny on the path to becoming the Warrior of Mercia.With King Ecgberht of Wessex defeated and Londonium back under Mercian control ... Read more

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The next epic, thrilling instalment in MJ Porter's The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles seriesIcel is a lone wolf no more...Tamworth, AD830Oath sworn to Wiglaf, King of Mercia and acknowledged as a member of Ealdorman Ælfstan’s warrior band, Icel continues to forge his own destiny on the path to becoming the Warrior of Mercia.With King Ecgberht of Wessex defeated and Londonium back under Mercian control
... Read more
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Hunting the Nazi Bomb

The Special Forces Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Deadliest Weapon

by Damien Lewis ...

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell ...

Unabridged

13 hours

In the Spring of 1940, as Britain reeled from defeats on all fronts and America seemed frozen in isolation, one fear united the British and American leaders like no other: the Nazis had stolen a march on the Allies towards building the atomic bomb. So began the hunt for Hitler's nuclear weapons. It was to be the most secret war of those wars fought amongst the shadows. The highest stakes. The ... Read more

$24.99 USD

In the Spring of 1940, as Britain reeled from defeats on all fronts and America seemed frozen in isolation, one fear united the British and American leaders like no other: the Nazis had stolen a march on the Allies towards building the atomic bomb. So began the hunt for Hitler's nuclear weapons. It was to be the most secret war of those wars fought amongst the shadows. The highest stakes. The
... Read more
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Samuel Colt

Biography of the Inventor of the Revolver

by Kelly Mass ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Mason G ...

Unabridged

53 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The acrid smoke of black powder drifted across the Connecticut River as sixteen-year-old Samuel Colt pulled the trigger of his crude wooden revolver for the sixth consecutive time, each shot fired without the laborious reloading that plagued every other firearm of his era. The year was 1830, and while his schoolmates at Amherst Academy were struggling ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The acrid smoke of black powder drifted across the Connecticut River as sixteen-year-old Samuel Colt pulled the trigger of his crude wooden revolver for the sixth consecutive time, each shot fired without the laborious reloading that plagued every other firearm of his era. The year was 1830, and while his schoolmates at Amherst Academy were struggling
... Read more
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Arsenals of Folly

The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race

by Richard Rhodes ...

Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

Unabridged

14 hours 12 min

From the Pulitzer Prize—winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb: the story of the entire postwar superpower arms race, climaxing during the Reagan-Gorbachev decade when the United States and the Soviet Union camewithin scant hours of nuclear war–and then nearly agreed to abolish nuclear weapons.In a narrative that moves like a thriller, Rhodes sheds light on the Reagan administration’s ... Read more

$25.99 USD

From the Pulitzer Prize—winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb: the story of the entire postwar superpower arms race, climaxing during the Reagan-Gorbachev decade when the United States and the Soviet Union camewithin scant hours of nuclear war–and then nearly agreed to abolish nuclear weapons.In a narrative that moves like a thriller, Rhodes sheds light on the Reagan administration’s
... Read more
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The Weapon Wizards

How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower

by Yaakov Katz, Amir Bohbot ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

9 hours 25 min

From drones to satellites, missile defense systems to cyber warfare, Israel is leading the world when it comes to new technology being deployed on the modern battlefield. The Weapon Wizards shows how this tiny nation of eight million learned to adapt to the changes in warfare and in the defense industry and become the new prototype of a twenty-first century superpower, not in size, but rather in ... Read more

$17.99 USD

From drones to satellites, missile defense systems to cyber warfare, Israel is leading the world when it comes to new technology being deployed on the modern battlefield. The Weapon Wizards shows how this tiny nation of eight million learned to adapt to the changes in warfare and in the defense industry and become the new prototype of a twenty-first century superpower, not in size, but rather in
... Read more
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Репетиция апокалипсиса: Тайная история атомных учений в СССР. Тоцкое-1954

by Вячеслав Моисеев ...

Narrated by Андрей Троммельман ...

Unabridged

4 hours 19 min

14 сентября 1954 года на Тоцком полигоне под Оренбургом была взорвана атомная бомба мощностью около 40 килотонн. В рамках эксперимента по изучению последствий ядерного взрыва уже спустя несколько часов через его эпицентр прошли военные в костюмах химической защиты. Секретная операция под кодовым названием «Снежок» обернулась катастрофой: более 45 000 военных и 10 000 мирных жителей подверглись ... Read more

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14 сентября 1954 года на Тоцком полигоне под Оренбургом была взорвана атомная бомба мощностью около 40 килотонн. В рамках эксперимента по изучению последствий ядерного взрыва уже спустя несколько часов через его эпицентр прошли военные в костюмах химической защиты. Секретная операция под кодовым названием «Снежок» обернулась катастрофой: более 45 000 военных и 10 000 мирных жителей подверглись
... Read more
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Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1943-1945

Red Steamroller

by Robert A. Forczyk ...

Narrated by P.J. Ochlan ...

Unabridged

14 hours 42 min

The author of Case White offers an extensive history of German and Soviet armored warfare toward the end of World War II.By 1943, after the catastrophic German defeat at Stalingrad, the Wehmacht's panzer armies gradually lost the initiative on the Eastern Front. The tide of the war had turned. Their combined arms technique, which had swept Soviet forces before it during 1941 and 1942, had lost its ... Read more

$19.99 USD

The author of Case White offers an extensive history of German and Soviet armored warfare toward the end of World War II.By 1943, after the catastrophic German defeat at Stalingrad, the Wehmacht's panzer armies gradually lost the initiative on the Eastern Front. The tide of the war had turned. Their combined arms technique, which had swept Soviet forces before it during 1941 and 1942, had lost its
... Read more
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Steel Masculinity

Unshackled Power and Warfare

by Conrad Riker ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Alistair G ...

Series Audiobook box set - redpilled rational
Unabridged

4 hours 46 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Ever wondered why men are the ones leading in the battlefield and designing weapons of power?Is masculinity really the driving force behind the innovation of destructive tools?Steel Masculinity: Unshackled Power and Warfare dares to explore these questions, taking a deep dive into the world of weaponry, power, and masculinity. From the philosophies ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Ever wondered why men are the ones leading in the battlefield and designing weapons of power?Is masculinity really the driving force behind the innovation of destructive tools?Steel Masculinity: Unshackled Power and Warfare dares to explore these questions, taking a deep dive into the world of weaponry, power, and masculinity. From the philosophies
... Read more
Audiobook

Desert Armour

Tank Warfare in North Africa: Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940-41

by Robert Forczyk ...

Narrated by Chris Monteiro ...

Unabridged

13 hours 15 min

Robert Forczyk covers the development of armored warfare in North Africa from the earliest Anglo-Italian engagements in 1940 to the British victory over the German Afrikakorps in Operation Crusader in 1941.The war in the North African desert was pure mechanized warfare, and in many respects the most technologically advanced theatre of World War II. It was also the only theatre where for three ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Robert Forczyk covers the development of armored warfare in North Africa from the earliest Anglo-Italian engagements in 1940 to the British victory over the German Afrikakorps in Operation Crusader in 1941.The war in the North African desert was pure mechanized warfare, and in many respects the most technologically advanced theatre of World War II. It was also the only theatre where for three
... Read more
Audiobook

Kill Chain

The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins

by Andrew Cockburn ...

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

Unabridged

10 hours 10 min

This essential, page-turning narrative on the history of drone warfare by the acclaimed author of Rumsfeld explores how this practice emerged, who made it happen, and the real consequences of targeted killing.Assassination by drone is a subject of deep and enduring fascination, yet few understand how and why it has become our principal way of waging war. Kill Chain uncovers the real and ... Read more

$19.99 USD

This essential, page-turning narrative on the history of drone warfare by the acclaimed author of Rumsfeld explores how this practice emerged, who made it happen, and the real consequences of targeted killing.Assassination by drone is a subject of deep and enduring fascination, yet few understand how and why it has become our principal way of waging war. Kill Chain uncovers the real and
... Read more
Audiobook

The Warhead

The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon in the Age of Modern Warfare

by Jeffrey E. Stern ...

Narrated by Jeffrey E. Stern, Sitara Attaie, Ray Corasani, Vas Eli, Justin Price, Peter Romano, Saskia Maarleveld, Gary Tiedemann, Dallis Seeker ...

Unabridged

12 hours 4 min

**An Apple Best Book of the MonthFrom award-winning journalist and coauthor of The 15:17 to Paris, an affecting human history of the first self-steering bomb**Paveway, the first "smart" bomb, was created to be a more precise and ostensibly humane weapon, reducing civilian casualties. The true impact of the bomb, however, is ever more complex and unpredictable.In The Warhead, Jeffrey Stern tells ... Read more

$24.99 USD

**An Apple Best Book of the MonthFrom award-winning journalist and coauthor of The 15:17 to Paris, an affecting human history of the first self-steering bomb**Paveway, the first "smart" bomb, was created to be a more precise and ostensibly humane weapon, reducing civilian casualties. The true impact of the bomb, however, is ever more complex and unpredictable.In The Warhead, Jeffrey Stern tells
... Read more
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Fruktade vapen – Under 100 år

by Allt om Historia ...

Narrated by Mikael Roupé ...

Series series Militärhistoria
Unabridged

4 hours 9 min

På bara ett sekel har vapenutvecklingen förändrat krigföringen i grunden. I början av 1900-talet var stridsvagnar, flygplan och drönare knappt tänkbara som vapen, men idag utgör de kärnan i militära operationer världen över."Fruktade vapen – Under 100 år" skildrar de senaste hundra årens vapenutveckling från första världskrigets skyttegravar till moderna konflikter med drönare, precisionsvapen och ... Read more

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På bara ett sekel har vapenutvecklingen förändrat krigföringen i grunden. I början av 1900-talet var stridsvagnar, flygplan och drönare knappt tänkbara som vapen, men idag utgör de kärnan i militära operationer världen över."Fruktade vapen – Under 100 år" skildrar de senaste hundra årens vapenutveckling från första världskrigets skyttegravar till moderna konflikter med drönare, precisionsvapen och
... Read more
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Korsaren

Oregon Files

by Jack Du Brul, Clive Cussler ...

Narrated by Bjarne Mouridsen ...

Series series Oregon Files
Unabridged

14 hours 22 min

Den internationale bestseller-forfatter leverer spænding og nutidigt eventyr i højt tempo og med et plot, der kan være taget fra dagens globale nyhedsoverskrifter.Den amerikanske udenrigsministers fly er styrtet ned på vej til topmøde i Libyen. CIA stoler ikke på libyerne og hyrer derfor Juan Cabrillo og hans agenttrænede besætning til at finde flyet – og deres bange anelser viser sig at være ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Den internationale bestseller-forfatter leverer spænding og nutidigt eventyr i højt tempo og med et plot, der kan være taget fra dagens globale nyhedsoverskrifter.Den amerikanske udenrigsministers fly er styrtet ned på vej til topmøde i Libyen. CIA stoler ikke på libyerne og hyrer derfor Juan Cabrillo og hans agenttrænede besætning til at finde flyet – og deres bange anelser viser sig at være
... Read more
Audiobook

Secret Weapons of World War II

The Undercover Innovations in Military Armaments, 1939-45

by Chris McNab ...

Narrated by Matt Bates ...

Unabridged

8 hours 22 min

The dropping of two atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their shocking aftermath finally ended World War II in the eastern theatre. But they weren't the only experimental weaponry at the time.In this fascinating account, Chris McNab examines the development of a range of hitherto unknown and at times shockingly effective weapons that were developed and unleashed on an ... Read more

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The dropping of two atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their shocking aftermath finally ended World War II in the eastern theatre. But they weren't the only experimental weaponry at the time.In this fascinating account, Chris McNab examines the development of a range of hitherto unknown and at times shockingly effective weapons that were developed and unleashed on an
... Read more
Audiobook

Spillet om et gidsel

by Frederick Forsyth ...

Narrated by Niels Vigild ...

Unabridged

19 hours 44 min

Enhver krig kræver våben og soldater, og en moderne krig kræver også olie. Det samme gjaldt den kolde krig. Det vidste både Sovjetunionen og Vesten, så da marskal Koslov modtager en rapport, der beretter, at verdens oliereserver vil slippe op i løbet af 20-30 år, og at Sovjetunionens vil slippe op som de første, forstår han, at det kan være tid til at nedruste og slutte fred med arvefjenden ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Enhver krig kræver våben og soldater, og en moderne krig kræver også olie. Det samme gjaldt den kolde krig. Det vidste både Sovjetunionen og Vesten, så da marskal Koslov modtager en rapport, der beretter, at verdens oliereserver vil slippe op i løbet af 20-30 år, og at Sovjetunionens vil slippe op som de første, forstår han, at det kan være tid til at nedruste og slutte fred med arvefjenden
... Read more
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Putinin USA

by Jessikka Aro, Maria Mitrunen ...

Narrated by Satu Paavola ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Venäjä
Unabridged

9 hours 9 min

Pahempi kuin kylmä sota.Jännityskertomuksen lailla etenevä tietokirja Venäjän kybersodasta Yhdysvaltoja ja demokratiaa vastaan.Putinin Venäjän sota länttä vastaan käy entistä villimpänä. Kyberulottuvuudessa tai informaatiotilassa käytetyt aseet ovat kuin scifi-elokuvista.Tietokirjailija Jessikka Aron kolmannessa Venäjän salaisia operaatioita tutkivassa kirjassa suurennuslasin alla ovat ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Pahempi kuin kylmä sota.Jännityskertomuksen lailla etenevä tietokirja Venäjän kybersodasta Yhdysvaltoja ja demokratiaa vastaan.Putinin Venäjän sota länttä vastaan käy entistä villimpänä. Kyberulottuvuudessa tai informaatiotilassa käytetyt aseet ovat kuin scifi-elokuvista.Tietokirjailija Jessikka Aron kolmannessa Venäjän salaisia operaatioita tutkivassa kirjassa suurennuslasin alla ovat
... Read more
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Hellfire Boys

The Birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the Race for the World¿s Deadliest Weapons

by Theo Emery ...

Narrated by Allan Robertson ...

Unabridged

15 hours 59 min

This explosive look into the dawn of chemical warfare during World War I is "a terrifying piece of history that almost no one knows" (Hampton Sides).In 1915, when German forces executed the first successful gas attack of World War I, the world watched in horror as the boundaries of warfare were forever changed. Cries of barbarianism rang throughout Europe, yet Allied nations immediately jumped ... Read more

$38.99 USD

This explosive look into the dawn of chemical warfare during World War I is "a terrifying piece of history that almost no one knows" (Hampton Sides).In 1915, when German forces executed the first successful gas attack of World War I, the world watched in horror as the boundaries of warfare were forever changed. Cries of barbarianism rang throughout Europe, yet Allied nations immediately jumped
... Read more
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Merchants of Death, The: Business Secrets of the World’s Notorious Arms Dealers

by Josh Luberisse ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

Unabridged

14 hours 43 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This groundbreaking work provides an unprecedented, in-depth examination of the global arms trade as a sophisticated business enterprise, uncovering the logistical, financial, and strategic mechanisms that underpin one of the world's most resilient industries. Moving beyond traditional narratives that cast arms dealing in purely moral or political ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This groundbreaking work provides an unprecedented, in-depth examination of the global arms trade as a sophisticated business enterprise, uncovering the logistical, financial, and strategic mechanisms that underpin one of the world's most resilient industries. Moving beyond traditional narratives that cast arms dealing in purely moral or political
... Read more
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Euromissiles

The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO

by Susan Colbourn ...

Narrated by Wendy Tremont King ...

Unabridged

15 hours 13 min

In the Cold War conflict that pitted nuclear superpowers against one another, Europe was the principal battleground. Washington and Moscow had troops on the ground and missiles in the fields of their respective allies, the NATO nations and the states of the Warsaw Pact. Euromissiles—intermediate-range nuclear weapons to be used exclusively in the regional theater of war==highlighted how the ... Read more

$24.99 USD

In the Cold War conflict that pitted nuclear superpowers against one another, Europe was the principal battleground. Washington and Moscow had troops on the ground and missiles in the fields of their respective allies, the NATO nations and the states of the Warsaw Pact. Euromissiles—intermediate-range nuclear weapons to be used exclusively in the regional theater of war==highlighted how the
... Read more
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Nationens blod

by Paul Auster ...

Narrated by Morten Thunbo ...

Unabridged

2 hours 30 min

USA oplever netop nu det ene forfærdelige skyderi efter det andet på skoler, tankstationer, indkøbscentre og i det offentlige rum. Våbenlovgivningen splitter amerikanerne som aldrig før, og i øjeblikket er der flere våben i USA end der er indbyggere. Hver dag bliver mere end 100 mennesker dræbt og 200 såret i hændelser, hvor der er våben involveret. Disse tal er helt ude af proportioner i forhold ... Read more

$17.99 USD

USA oplever netop nu det ene forfærdelige skyderi efter det andet på skoler, tankstationer, indkøbscentre og i det offentlige rum. Våbenlovgivningen splitter amerikanerne som aldrig før, og i øjeblikket er der flere våben i USA end der er indbyggere. Hver dag bliver mere end 100 mennesker dræbt og 200 såret i hændelser, hvor der er våben involveret. Disse tal er helt ude af proportioner i forhold
... Read more
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Empire of Guns

The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution

by Priya Satia ...

Narrated by Priya Satia, Kirsten Potter ...

Unabridged

17 hours 53 min

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2018 BY THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE AND SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINEBy a prize-winning young historian, an authoritative work that reframes the Industrial Revolution, the expansion of British empire, and emergence of industrial capitalism by presenting them as inextricable from the gun trade"A fascinating and important glimpse into how violence fueled the industrial ... Read more

$25.99 USD

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2018 BY THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE AND SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINEBy a prize-winning young historian, an authoritative work that reframes the Industrial Revolution, the expansion of British empire, and emergence of industrial capitalism by presenting them as inextricable from the gun trade"A fascinating and important glimpse into how violence fueled the industrial
... Read more
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Bomb Power

The Modern Presidency and the National Security State

by Garry Wills ...

Narrated by Stephen Hoye ...

Unabridged

7 hours 48 min

In Bomb Power, Garry Wills reveals how the atomic bomb transformed our nation down to its deepest constitutional roots—by dramatically increasing the power of the modern presidency and redefining the government as a national security state—in ways still felt today. A masterful reckoning from one of America's preeminent historians, Bomb Power draws a direct line from the Manhattan Project to the ... Read more

$16.99 USD

In Bomb Power, Garry Wills reveals how the atomic bomb transformed our nation down to its deepest constitutional roots—by dramatically increasing the power of the modern presidency and redefining the government as a national security state—in ways still felt today. A masterful reckoning from one of America's preeminent historians, Bomb Power draws a direct line from the Manhattan Project to the
... Read more
Audiobook

War and the Future, with eBook

by H. G. Wells ...

Narrated by Shelly Frasier ...

Unabridged

6 hours 24 min

H. G. Wells sets forth an intriguing, first-hand observation of Italy, France, and Britain under severe duress during the "War to End All Wars," World War I. He examines the technological effects of modern warfare on human nature, particularly the introduction of the tank and aerial bombing. Two prophetic visions of his philosophy to truly end all war are revealed: the control of war weapons and ... Read more

$16.99 USD

H. G. Wells sets forth an intriguing, first-hand observation of Italy, France, and Britain under severe duress during the "War to End All Wars," World War I. He examines the technological effects of modern warfare on human nature, particularly the introduction of the tank and aerial bombing. Two prophetic visions of his philosophy to truly end all war are revealed: the control of war weapons and
... Read more

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